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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Goodland, KS

June 2, 20174 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado; Dundy County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood watch at Jun 2, 2017, 4:54 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado; Dundy County, Nebraska. It took effect at Jun 2, 2017, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2017, 4:54 AM CDT (09:54 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 2, 2017, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 3, 2017, 3:56 AM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Flood severity
None

Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Dundy County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Jun 2, 12:33 AM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 12:33 AM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma31 min
Jun 2, 4:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDPhillips27 min
Jun 2, 4:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDPhillips33 min
Jun 2, 6:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDYuma3 hr
Jun 2, 6:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma11 min
Jun 2, 5:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDundy14 min
Jun 2, 5:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDundy15 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Kansas, 2017Flash Flood Watches in Colorado, 2017Flash Flood Watches in Nebraska, 2017Every flash flood watch in 2017

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.